The cover of Brandon Sanderson’s novel features an abnormally short Liev Schreiber alongside a freakishly tall Tom Cruise. It polluted what should have been an otherwise pleasant reading experience.
Full Story »Books: Territory
One afternoon I was presented with the option to either read Territory or watch Aliens in the Attic with the Wee Cousins for the third time in as many days. Let’s just say I now know that movie by heart. I wish I didn’t.
Full Story »Books: The Faerie Ring
If you have a Twihard girl in your life, consider giving her The Faerie Ring as a step toward heroine rehabilitation.
Full Story »Books: The Thirteen Hallows
This book was the literary equivalent of cheese curls, and not even the good ones. I’m talking dollar store cheese curls that are more orange than orange ever should be and when you open the bag, the scent of giving up wafts up to meet your nose.
Full Story »Books: Down the Mysterly River
I wasn’t enthusiastic about this at all. The concept sounded old fashioned, like dusty butterscotch candies. It turned out, however, to be amazing.
Full Story »The Plain Man by Steve Englehart
I hate this book. All it did was make me further wary of reading anything else that revolves around magic.
Full Story »All Men of Genius: A Reviewbuttal
Because it’s a review and a rebuttal. Having had lofty, scientific aspirations as a kid, I couldn’t help but read All Men of Genius by Lec AC Rosen, the story of a plucky girl scientist in steampunk Victorian England, with the enthusiasm of my 5th grade self.
Full Story »Flawed Feminism in All Men of Genius
Guest post by Lev AC Rosen
I’d really like to think that my novel is a feminist work. But the truth is, I think that if it is, it’s flawed in its feminism.
Full Story »Books: The Half-Made World
The Half-Made World has a strong mythology built in that unfolds with little explanation, leaving it mostly up to the reader to make sense of it. Author Felix Gilman just opens up and runs amok in this world he’s created, and it’s the reader’s responsibility to keep up.
Full Story »Books: The Watchtower
The Watchtower is a terrible title for a book because it’s not an easily searchable term. Googling it leads to several pages of results about Jehovah’s Witnesses rather than an urban fantasy novel. Luckily, the book is so bad, not finding it might be the best thing.
Full Story »Books: Robopocalypse
The Singularity, the technological creation of a smarter-than-human intelligence, is something that is both anticipated and feared. What happens when the Created feels it has no need for its Creator?
Full Story »Geek Wisdom: The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture
The handy, compact book form makes Geek Wisdom perfect for preserving the sacred teachings of nerd culture in the event of the apocalypse. Make room for it in your Oh $#!t bag.
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Books: Chicks Kick Butt
When I was growing up, the female literary characters I had in my life were Nancy Drew, the twins from Sweet Valley High, and Anne of Green Gables. While they had traits that were admirable, they were not what I might call “kick butt”.
Full Story »Books: Gateways – A Tribute to Frederik Pohl
Even if you’re not intimately familiar with Frederik Pohl’s work, it’s a great read and nice intro to the man and the contributing writers.
Full Story »2030: A Beach Read for Pessimists
I’d consider 2030 to be a good beach read for those of us who can’t go in the ocean without thinking of all the radiation and BP oil we’re soaking up through our skin.
Full Story »Book Review: The Unincorporated War by Dani and Eytan Kollin
Somehow, I keep on getting the second book in a series for review. Previously, it was “Rise of the Iron Moon” by Stephen Hunt. Each time I’m presented with the second book I’m aware of the risk jumping in on a story already in progress. I don’t know the characters, I don’t know the world, [...]
Full Story »Books: The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi
The Quantum Thief is a story about a thief, as the title would suggest, who has broken from prison to steal something in return for his freedom. In the world created in this book, you never die, only run out of time and move on to the next place, until you serve your time and return to “life” again. Information is uploaded into your brain, and memories are shared, but only if someone else allows it.
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